PATH, Abbott (NYSE: ABT) and the Abbott Fund announced a partnership to address malnutrition by advancing the rice fortification market in India. Currently, 200 million people suffer from hunger and malnutrition in India, more than any other country in the world.

ASLAN Pharmaceuticals Pte Ltd, a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Singapore, and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) announced an innovative strategic partnership allowing for the rapid development of BMS-777607, Bristol-Myers Squibb's investigational small molecule inhibitor of the MET receptor tyrosine kinase for treatment of solid tumors.

Sanofi's net sales in the third quarter of 2011 were €8,753 million, an increase of 5.0% on a reported basis. Exchange rate movements had a negative effect of 5.1 percentage points, mainly due to a less favorable euro/U.S. dollar parity.

To sustain medical innovation, the FDA must accelerate the adoption of a Benefit-Risk framework to inform decision-making in the regulatory process, said John Lechleiter, Ph.D., chairman, president and CEO of Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY).

Abbott (NYSE: ABT) has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the next-generation XIENCE PRIME(TM) Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System for the treatment of coronary artery disease.

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today reported financial results for third-quarter 2011. Third-quarter 2011 revenues were $17.2 billion, an increase of 7% compared with the year-ago quarter, which reflects operational growth of $247 million, or 1%, and the favorable impact of foreign exchange of $951 million, or 6%.

Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (hereafter, Daiichi Sankyo) today announced that it has established a new Japanese vaccine research unit to be located in its Kasai R&D Center (Edogawa-ku, Tokyo).